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Opportunity Summary:

The Department of Defense Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Science and Technology opportunity is a discretionary research funding announcement released by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) to support science and technology and other R&D efforts related to EOD needs. It is structured to bring the relevant scientific and technical community into closer alignment with ONR priorities by highlighting specific areas of interest, encouraging early communication and technical dialogue with ONR, and laying out a clear schedule for submitting a short initial concept (white paper) followed by a full proposal if invited or encouraged. In practical terms, this is a research-focused solicitation intended to shape and accelerate innovative ideas that could improve EOD capabilities, methods, tools, or enabling technologies.

This opportunity was issued under Funding Opportunity Number N00014-15-R-SN13 and is administered by ONR. The funding instrument listed is a grant, and the associated activity category is science and technology and other research and development. The program does not require cost sharing or matching funds, which typically means applicants are not expected to contribute non-federal dollars as a condition of receiving an award, although standard federal allowability and budgeting rules still apply.

ONR anticipated an estimated total funding amount of approximately $2,500,000 across awards, with an award ceiling of $700,000 and no stated minimum award floor. That combination generally signals that ONR expected to make multiple awards of varying sizes, potentially ranging from small exploratory efforts up through mid-sized projects, depending on the merit, relevance, and maturity of proposed work. The ceiling gives a sense of the upper bound for a single grant under this call, while the absence of a floor leaves room for smaller seed projects or tightly scoped studies.

The announcement followed a two-step submission process with firm deadlines. White papers were due on August 24, 2015 at 1400 Eastern Time, and full proposals were due on October 26, 2015 at 1400 Eastern Time. This staged approach is commonly used by ONR to reduce proposal burden on applicants and reviewers by screening for fit and promise early, then requesting full proposals from teams whose concepts align with the government need and show strong potential. The posting date was July 23, 2015, with a creation date of July 28, 2015, and the opportunity was archived on November 30, 2015, indicating it was a time-bound solicitation tied to that fiscal year planning cycle.

Eligibility was not described in detail in the summary text itself and instead points applicants to Section III (Eligibility Information) of ONR Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) 15-001. In other words, this EOD-focused notice functioned as a topic-specific opportunity under ONR broader BAA framework, and the governing eligibility rules and submission requirements were those of BAA 15-001. The eligible applicants field is listed as "Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification)," which typically means eligibility may include a range of organization types (often universities, nonprofits, for-profits, and sometimes individuals or consortia) as defined in the BAA, but the authoritative answer is the referenced BAA section.

For prospective applicants at the time, the most important practical takeaway would have been that successful participation required consulting ONR BAA 15-001 for the full program rules, proposal format, evaluation criteria, and any mandatory registrations or compliance requirements. The notice also provided a point of contact for access issues: Darnell Griffin, Contract Specialist, specifically for Grants.gov questions. This suggests that while technical discussions would generally go through ONR program officers (as outlined in the full announcement/BAA), administrative or system-access problems were routed to the listed contact.

Overall, this opportunity can be summarized as an ONR-managed DoD research call aimed at advancing EOD science and technology through competitively selected R&D grants, using a white-paper-first process to promote early alignment with ONR priorities, with total anticipated funding of $2.5 million and individual awards up to $700,000, governed by the terms and eligibility rules of ONR BAA 15-001.

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